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1962Crime · Mystery · Drama

First aired

September 20, 1962

7.9

TMDB Score

79% match · 85 votes

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S01 · E27

Death and the Joyful Woman

Season 1 · Apr 12, 1963 · 51m

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E01▶

A Piece of the Action

Sep 20, 1962 · 51m

E02▶

Don't Look Behind You

Sep 27, 1962 · 51m

E03▶

Night of the Owl

Oct 4, 1962 · 51m

E04▶

I Saw the Whole Thing

Oct 11, 1962 · 51m

E05▶

Captive Audience

Oct 18, 1962 · 51m

E06▶

Final Vow

Oct 25, 1962 · 52m

E07▶

Annabel

Nov 1, 1962 · 1h 0m

E08▶

House Guest

Nov 8, 1962 · 50m

E09▶

The Black Curtain

Nov 11, 1962 · 50m

E10▶

Day of Reckoning

Nov 22, 1962 · 51m

E11▶

Ride the Nightmare

Nov 29, 1962 · 50m

E12▶

Hangover

Dec 6, 1962 · 50m

E13▶

Bonfire

Dec 13, 1962 · 51m

E14▶

The Tender Poisoner

Dec 20, 1962 · 51m

E15▶

The Thirty First of February

Jan 4, 1963 · 51m

E16▶

What Really Happened

Jan 11, 1963 · 51m

E17▶

Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog

Jan 18, 1963 · 51m

E18▶

A Tangled Web

Jan 25, 1963 · 51m

E19▶

To Catch a Butterfly

Feb 2, 1963 · 51m

E20▶

The Paragon

Feb 8, 1963 · 51m

E21▶

I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury

Feb 15, 1963 · 51m

E22▶

Diagnosis: Danger

Mar 1, 1963 · 51m

E23▶

The Lonely Hours

Mar 8, 1963 · 51m

E24▶

The Star Juror

Mar 15, 1963 · 51m

E25▶

The Long Silence

Mar 22, 1963 · 50m

E26▶

An Out for Oscar

Apr 5, 1963 · 51m

E27Playing

Death and the Joyful Woman

Apr 12, 1963 · 51m

E28▶

Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans

Apr 19, 1963 · 51m

E29▶

The Dark Pool

May 3, 1963 · 51m

E30▶

Dear Uncle George

May 10, 1963 · 51m

E31▶

Run for Doom

May 17, 1963 · 51m

E32▶

Death of a Cop

May 24, 1963 · 51m

Luis Aguilar is a rich wine merchant who disowns his son when he refuses to marry beautiful vineyard owner Kitty Norris. At a party, however, Luis agrees to give his destitute son $5000 if boy can drink him under the table. Drinking his own wine called "Joyful Woman" Luis humiliates his son by outdrinking him. After the contest, Luis hits on Kitty who resists and pushes him down the stairs. When Luis's secretary Ruth witnesses the event she jealously kills Luis in the hope that Kitty will be blamed. Ruth wanted Luis all for herself. Unfortunately for Ruth, a waiter discovers the body and figures out that Luis did not die in a fall. Ruth knocks him unconscious and puts his body into a wine vat. She begins to fill the vat slowly with water. Later the police find Luis's body and begin the search for the waiter who was also the son of George Felse, an investigating police officer. The police can't locate the waiter but discoverd a now guilt-ridden Ruth who has tried to commit suicide...